Authorities bar Friday prayers at Jamia Masjid Srinagar

Srinagar: Authorities on Friday did not allow the weekly congregational prayers in the Jamia Masjid Srinagar to prevent anti-US protests, sources said.
Heavy contingent of police and CRPF personnel were deployed in Nowhatta and especially around Jamia to prevent people from reaching the historic worship place.
They had also closed all roads by erecting barricades.
Curfew like restrictions were imposed in the old city areas to prevent people from assembling at the mosque, local sources told Kashmir Reader.

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